Monday, February 20, 2012

The first political biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Winner of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award. This award-winning companion volume to Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox concludes the first and most acclaimed complete biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Undoubtedly the most comprehensive study of one of America's most acclaimed presidents, this classic biography is unparalleled in its depth, accuracy, and accomplishment.“A case study unmatched in American political writings” (Newsweek). Includes an Index and photographs.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

James MacGregor Burns ( b. August 3, 1918 ) is a presidential biographer, authority on leadership studies, Woodrow Wilson Professor (emeritus) of Political Science at Williams College, and scholar at the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award in 1971 for his Roosevelt: Soldier of Freedom 1940-1945.

His key innovation in leadership theory was shifting away from studying the traits of great men and transactional management to focus on the interaction of leaders and led as collaborators working toward mutual benefit. He is best known for contributions to the Transformational, Aspirational and Visionary schools of leadership theory.

PRAISE FOR ROOSEVELT: THE SOLDIER OF FREEDOM:

"I believe this will be the definitive book on Roosevelt in the wary years"--William L. Shirer, author of TheRise and Fall of the Third Reich

"A work so readable and so wise in the ways of our modern domestic and international history that anyone who would understand the American republic at this perilous point in the 20th century should not miss it."

-- Stewart L. Udall

"Engrossing, informative, endlessly readable."

-- Barbara Tuchman, author of The Guns of AugustSOME OTHER BOOKS BY JAMES MACGREGOR BURNS:

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I have read so much about Abraham Lincoln. I read his three book biography by Carl Sandburg and an armload of other books. Where I grew up, Indiana, they always said that he spent his "formative years here".

I enjoy reading books on U.S. presidents.I enjoy reading books on U.S. presidents. Although heavily criticized by conservatives both past and present, the WPA and CCC built some lovely buildings in state and national parks that still exist to this day.